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Ordinary people don't know how much books can mean to someone who's cooped up.

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Anne Frank
Age: 15 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 12
Died: 1945
Died: March 31
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Diarist
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Frankfurt/Main
Anna Frank
Anne Maries Frank
Ana Frank
Anne M. Frank
Annelies Marie Frank
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When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived.
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Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be poor!
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Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year old school girl. Oh well, it doesn’t matter. I feel like writing.
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Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.
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But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.
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The reason for my starting a diary is that I have no real friend.
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I live in a crazy time.
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An empty day, though clear and bright, Is just as dark as any night.
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Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
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